California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 4 D cosponsors

AB 1945 — Emergency services: first responders.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 68, Statutes of 2020.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 17, 2020. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 10 sponsors

    1 primary, 9 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (4 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Under existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, the Governor is authorized to proclaim a state of emergency, as defined, under specified circumstances. The California Emergency Services Act also authorizes the governing body of a city, county, city and county, or an official designated by ordinance adopted by that governing body, to proclaim a local emergency, as defined. Under existing law, the Office of Emergency Services within the Governor's office is required to, among other things, develop curriculum for first responder training, and to adopt standards and procedures for training first responder instructors. A person who violates any provision of the act is guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would, for purposes of the California Emergency Services Act, define "first responder" as an employee of the state or a local public agency who provides emergency response services, including a peace officer, firefighter, paramedic, emergency medical technician, public safety dispatcher, or public safety telecommunicator. The bill would provide that the definition of first responder described above does not confer a right to, or entitlement upon, an employee or prospective employee to obtain a retirement benefit formula for an employment classification that is not included in, or is expressly excluded from, that formula, as specified. The bill would prohibit an employer from offering, or indicating an ability to offer to an employee or prospective employee a retirement benefit formula for an employment classification that is not included in, or is expressly excluded from, that formula because of the definition of "first responder." The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 68, Statutes of 2020.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5352.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4381.).

  7. Ordered to special consent calendar.

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20).

  10. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

  13. Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

  14. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  15. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4684.)

  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  17. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2).

  18. Coauthors revised.

  19. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  20. Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

  21. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended.

  22. Referred to Coms. on G.O. and P.E. & R.

  23. From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.

  24. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 112 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Salas

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (112)

112 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 1945 Salas Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 74 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 47004
Democratic 21001
Republican 6000
Total 74005
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Weber — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Gray — Yea
Salas — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Ting — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Brough — Yea
Fong — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Low — Yea
Diep — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chau — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Burke — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gloria — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Daly — Yea
Wood — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Smith — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Holden — Not Voting
Frazier — Not Voting
Voepel — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Not Voting
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Special Consent AB1945

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 27000
Democratic 10000
Republican 2001
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Bradford — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Monning — Yea
Bates — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Chang — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Pan — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Allen — Yea
Roth — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Beall — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A. Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting

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Do pass

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Republican 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Portantino — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Bates — Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Republican 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Leyva — Yea
Bates — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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AB 1945 Salas Assembly Third Reading

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 21001
Unaffiliated 49002
Republican 6000
Total 76003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Smith — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Brough — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Weber — Yea
Diep — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Low — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Burke — Yea
Daly — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Salas — Yea
Fong — Yea
Levine — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Medina — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Wood — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Gray — Yea
Chau — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Quirk — Not Voting
Gloria — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Not Voting
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 18 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 6000
Unaffiliated 11000
Republican 1000
Total 18000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Fong — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Diep — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

Passed 20 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 7000
Unaffiliated 11001
Republican 2000
Total 20001
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Brough — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Low — Yea
Daly — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Salas — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Gray — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Cooper — Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1945 do?
Under existing law, the California Emergency Services Act, the Governor is authorized to proclaim a state of emergency, as defined, under specified circumstances. The California Emergency Services Act also authorizes the governing body of a city, county, city and county, or an official designated by ordinance adopted by that governing body, to proclaim a local emergency, as defined. Under existing law, the Office of Emergency Services within the Governor's office is required to, among other things, develop curriculum for first responder training, and to adopt standards and procedures for training first responder instructors. A person who violates any provision of the act is guilty of a misdemeanor. This bill would, for purposes of the California Emergency Services Act, define "first responder" as an employee of the state or a local public agency who provides emergency response services, including a peace officer, firefighter, paramedic, emergency medical technician, public safety dispatcher, or public safety telecommunicator. The bill would provide that the definition of first responder described above does not confer a right to, or entitlement upon, an employee or prospective employee to obtain a retirement benefit formula for an employment classification that is not included in, or is expressly excluded from, that formula, as specified. The bill would prohibit an employer from offering, or indicating an ability to offer to an employee or prospective employee a retirement benefit formula for an employment classification that is not included in, or is expressly excluded from, that formula because of the definition of "first responder." The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors AB 1945?
AB 1945 is sponsored by Salas, Rodriguez, Chiu, Cooper, Frazier, Gipson, Mike A. (Democratic), Quirk-Silva, Sharon (Democratic), Rivas, Robert (Democratic), Smith, and Arambula, Joaquin (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 1945?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 17, 2020. Enacted.
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